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1 Los filisteos pelearon con Israel; y el varón de Israel huyó delante de ellos, y cayeron heridos en el monte de Gilboa.
The army of Philistia [again] fought against the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers ran away from them, and many Israelis were killed {the soldiers of Philistia killed many Israelis} on Gilboa Mountain.
2 Y los filisteos siguieron a Saúl y a sus hijos; y mataron los filisteos a Jonatán, y a Abinadab, y a Malquisúa, hijos de Saúl.
The soldiers of Philistia caught up with Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Y se agravó la batalla sobre Saúl, y le alcanzaron los flecheros, y fue herido de los flecheros.
The fighting was very fierce around Saul, and the (archers/men who shot arrows) shot Saul and wounded him severely.
4 Entonces Saúl dijo a su escudero: Saca tu espada, y pásame con ella, para que no vengan estos incircuncisos, y hagan escarnio de mí; mas su escudero no quiso, porque tenía gran miedo. Entonces Saúl tomó la espada, y se echó sobre ella.
Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to injure me [further] and make fun of me [while I am dying].” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it [and died].
5 Y cuando su escudero vio a Saúl muerto, él también se echó sobre su espada, y se mató.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 Así murió Saúl, y sus tres hijos; y toda su casa murió juntamente con él.
So Saul and three of his sons all died, and none of his descendants ever became king.
7 Y viendo todos los de Israel que habitaban en el valle, que habían huido, y que Saúl y sus hijos eran muertos, dejaron sus ciudades, y huyeron; y vinieron los filisteos, y habitaron en ellas.
When the Israelis who were living in the valley saw that their army had run away and that Saul and his three sons were dead, they left their towns and ran away. Then the soldiers from Philistia came and (occupied/lived in) those towns.
8 Y fue que viniendo el día siguiente los filisteos a despojar los muertos, hallaron a Saúl y a sus hijos tendidos en el monte de Gilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the corpses of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
9 Y luego que le hubieron desnudado, tomaron su cabeza y sus armas, y lo enviaron todo a la tierra de los filisteos por todas partes, para que fuese denunciado a sus ídolos y al pueblo.
They took the clothes off Saul’s corpse and [cut off] his head and took it and Saul’s armor.
10 Y pusieron sus armas en el templo de su dios, y colgaron la cabeza en el templo de Dagón.
Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news throughout their own area, to their idols and to the other people. They put Saul’s armor in the temple where their idols were, and they hung Saul’s head in the temple of [their god] Dagon.
11 Y oyendo todos los de Jabes de Galaad lo que los filisteos habían hecho de Saúl,
All the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s [corpse].
12 se levantaron todos los hombres valientes, y tomaron el cuerpo de Saúl, y los cuerpos de sus hijos, y los trajeron a Jabes; y enterraron sus huesos debajo del alcornoque en Jabes, y ayunaron siete días.
So the bravest men/soldiers of Jabesh went and got the corpses of Saul and his sons and brought them back to Jabesh. They buried their bones under a large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
13 Así murió Saúl por su rebelión con que prevaricó contra el SEÑOR, contra la palabra del SEÑOR, la cual no guardó; y porque consultó al pitón, preguntándole,
Saul died because he did not faithfully obey what Yahweh told him to do. He even went to a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people and asked her what he should do,
14 y no consultó al SEÑOR; por esta causa lo mató, y traspasó el reino a David, hijo de Isaí.
instead of asking Yahweh what he should do. So Yahweh caused him to die, and he appointed David, the son of Jesse, to be the king [of Israel].
